Gabriel Ferretti (c. 1385 – 12 November 1456) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor.

[1][2][3] He was an ancestor to both Cardinal Gabriele Ferretti and Pope Pius IX having been descended from a long noble lineage.

Pope Benedict XIV later beatified Ferretti on 19 September 1753 in a decree that recognized his official "cultus" (or longstanding and popular veneration).

[2][1] Ferretti once travelled to Assisi but en route visited the Franciscan church in Foligno where the sacristan mistook him for being a simple religious brother.

His remains were moved once more on 14 May 1862 to the Ancona Cathedral until their final transfer on 30 January 1943 to the San Giovanni Battista church that Ferretti's order managed.

Pope Callixtus III – in 1456 just after the friar's death – ordered Giacomo della Marca to collect evidence that would attest to Ferretti's saintliness.

Pope Benedict XIV later beatified Ferretti on 19 September 1753 in a decree that confirmed the friar's local "cultus" (or longstanding and popular veneration).